A brand new Pentagon workplace set as much as monitor studies of unidentified flying objects has acquired “several hundred” new studies, however no proof thus far of alien life, the company’s management instructed reporters on Friday.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) was arrange in July and is chargeable for not solely monitoring unidentified objects within the sky, but in addition underwater or in house – or probably an object that has the flexibility to maneuver from one area to the following.

The workplace was established following greater than a 12 months of consideration on unidentified flying objects that army pilots have noticed however have typically been reluctant to report on account of concern of stigma.

In June 2021 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported that between 2004 and 2021, there have been 144 such encounters, 80 of which have been captured on a number of sensors.

Since then, “we’ve had lots more reporting”, mentioned anomaly workplace director Sean Kirkpatrick. When requested to quantify the quantity, Mr Kirkpatrick mentioned “several hundreds”.

An up to date report from the Director of National Intelligence that can present particular figures on new studies acquired since 2021 is anticipated by the tip of the 12 months, the officers mentioned.

The workplace was arrange not solely to look at the query of whether or not there may be extraterrestrial life, but in addition due to the safety danger posed by so many encounters with unknown flying objects by army installations or army plane.

In May, Congress held its first listening to in additional than half a century on the subject, with a number of members expressing concern that whether or not or not the objects are alien or probably new, unknown expertise being flown by China, Russia or one other potential adversary, the unknown creates a safety danger.

So far, “we have not seen anything, and we’re still very early on, that would lead us to believe that any of the objects that we have seen are of alien origin”, mentioned Ronald Moultrie, beneath secretary of defence for intelligence and safety.

“Any unauthorized system in our airspace we deem as a threat to safety,” he added.

The workplace can also be engaged on methods to enhance its skill to determine unknown objects, similar to by recalibrating sensors that could be targeted simply on identified adversary plane or drone signatures, Mr Moultrie mentioned.

One purpose for the a whole bunch of extra studies coming in will be the outreach the division has executed to destigmatise reporting potential encounters. Each service has additionally established its personal reporting processes, Mr Kirkpatrick mentioned.

Beyond unidentifiable objects, there may be a number of new expertise: similar to future stealth bombers and stealth fighters, drones and hypersonic missiles being fielded by each the US and China – that may very well be mistaken for a UFO.

Kirkpatrick mentioned the brand new workplace has been co-ordinating with the Pentagon and the US intelligence neighborhood to get the signatures of US expertise with a purpose to rule out these plane or drones.